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The NIT Trichy cutoff is a JoSAA closing rank, and it comes in two halves. Home State seats go to Tamil Nadu candidates. Other State seats go to everyone else. For CSE in round 5 of 2026, the Home State rank was 4,015. The Other State rank was 1,373. This guide gives the NIT Trichy cutoff for every B.Tech branch and for B.Arch, in both halves.
The NIT Trichy cutoff is the All India Rank of the last candidate given a seat in one JoSAA round. NIT Trichy does not publish a cutoff list of its own. JoSAA publishes the opening and closing ranks, and you can check them on the JoSAA opening and closing rank page.
The table below gives the NIT Trichy cutoff 2026 for Open, gender-neutral seats. It is the NIT Trichy JEE Main cutoff for round 5, the last round of the year.
| Branch (NIT Trichy cutoff 2026, round 5) | Home State closing rank | Other State closing rank |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering | 4,015 | 1,373 |
| Electronics and Communication | 5,142 | 3,285 |
| Electrical and Electronics | 7,904 | 5,432 |
| Instrumentation and Control | 12,200 | 9,550 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 14,015 | 8,754 |
| Chemical Engineering | 18,241 | 13,406 |
| Production Engineering | 22,363 | 18,366 |
| Metallurgical and Materials | 26,564 | 19,641 |
| Civil Engineering | 29,391 | 20,111 |
| Architecture (JEE Main Paper 2) | 487 | 235 |
Rank, Not Mark
JoSAA allots NIT Trichy seats on the JEE Main All India Rank. It publishes no percentile or mark cutoff for B.Tech. Turn your percentile into a rank using the result of your own year, then compare.
The lowest NIT Trichy cutoff among Open B.Tech seats in 2026 was rank 38,684. It belongs to Civil Engineering, Home State, female-only seats. For gender-neutral Open seats, the lowest NIT Trichy cutoff was Civil Home State at rank 29,391. Reserved categories close on their own category ranks, shown further down.
JoSAA gives seats on rank, not percentile. Your 90 percentile becomes a rank that depends on the number of candidates in your year. Compare that rank with the NIT Trichy cutoff above. A Home State Open seat in Civil closed at 29,391 in 2026.
Convert the 99.5 percentile to a rank first. The NIT Trichy cutoff for CSE closed at 4,015 for Home State and 1,373 for Other State in 2026. Your rank, quota and category decide the answer, not the percentile.
It is a rank. The NIT Trichy JEE Main cutoff for B.Tech uses the JEE Main rank, and B.Arch uses the Paper 2 rank. M.Tech, MCA and MBA use GATE, NIMCET and CAT instead.
The NIT Trichy cutoff 2026 runs from rank 4,015 for CSE to rank 29,391 for Civil at Home State. At Other State it runs from 1,373 to 20,111. This NIT Trichy course wise cutoff gives the opening and closing rank for Open, gender-neutral seats in round 5.
The NIT Trichy opening rank is the first rank allotted, and the closing rank is the last. Every Open candidate between the opening rank and the closing rank got a seat in that round. The closing rank is the NIT Trichy cutoff rank for that branch.
| Branch (NIT Trichy cutoff rank) | Home State, opening to closing | Other State, opening to closing |
|---|---|---|
| CSE | 1,034 to 4,015 | 103 to 1,373 |
| ECE | 2,285 to 5,142 | 1,942 to 3,285 |
| EEE | 5,662 to 7,904 | 3,877 to 5,432 |
| ICE | 8,056 to 12,200 | 5,878 to 9,550 |
| Mechanical | 7,900 to 14,015 | 3,558 to 8,754 |
| Chemical | 12,953 to 18,241 | 6,472 to 13,406 |
| Production | 15,374 to 22,363 | 12,391 to 18,366 |
| MME | 19,176 to 26,564 | 14,318 to 19,641 |
| Civil | 15,104 to 29,391 | 10,227 to 20,111 |
| Architecture | 198 to 487 | 45 to 235 |
Source: JoSAA opening and closing rank archive, 2026, round 5, Institute 226.
The NIT Trichy cutoff loosens in every branch from round 1 to round 5. Candidates who hold two offers release one, and the next rank moves in. Civil moved the most, by 3,911 ranks at Home State and 4,227 at Other State. At Home State, ECE moved the least, by 87 ranks. At Other State, CSE moved the least, by 56.
| Branch (NIT Trichy cutoff by round) | Home State, round 1 to round 5 | Other State, round 1 to round 5 |
|---|---|---|
| CSE | 3,812 to 4,015 | 1,317 to 1,373 |
| ECE | 5,055 to 5,142 | 2,938 to 3,285 |
| EEE | 7,642 to 7,904 | 4,987 to 5,432 |
| ICE | 11,816 to 12,200 | 9,030 to 9,550 |
| Mechanical | 12,311 to 14,015 | 7,872 to 8,754 |
| Chemical | 15,322 to 18,241 | 11,645 to 13,406 |
| Production | 21,470 to 22,363 | 17,114 to 18,366 |
| MME | 24,281 to 26,564 | 17,407 to 19,641 |
| Civil | 25,480 to 29,391 | 15,884 to 20,111 |
| Architecture | 444 to 487 | 205 to 235 |
The NIT Trichy CSAB special round cutoff for 2026 closed looser than JoSAA round 5 in all nine B.Tech branches. CSAB fills the seats that JoSAA leaves empty. The table shows the looser of the two special-round closing ranks for Open, gender-neutral seats. The move runs from 98 ranks for CSE at Other State to 7,588 ranks for Civil at Home State. The full list is on the CSAB opening and closing ranks page.
| Branch (CSAB special rounds 2026) | Home State, JoSAA round 5 / CSAB | Other State, JoSAA round 5 / CSAB |
|---|---|---|
| CSE | 4,015 / 4,285 | 1,373 / 1,471 |
| ECE | 5,142 / 5,905 | 3,285 / 3,630 |
| EEE | 7,904 / 8,760 | 5,432 / 7,177 |
| ICE | 12,200 / 13,382 | 9,550 / 11,614 |
| Mechanical | 14,015 / 16,455 | 8,754 / 9,569 |
| Chemical | 18,241 / 20,181 | 13,406 / 15,071 |
| Production | 22,363 / 25,667 | 18,366 / 20,676 |
| MME | 26,564 / 31,191 | 19,641 / 24,612 |
| Civil | 29,391 / 36,979 | 20,111 / 21,168 |
| Architecture | 487 / no Open allotment | 235 / 258 |
Round 2 made no Open gender-neutral allotment in CSE, ECE or Architecture, so their figures come from round 1. Architecture had no Open Home State allotment at all in the special rounds. Special-round ranks depend on which seats are left after JoSAA. Use the JoSAA round 5 rank as your main guide.
The NIT Trichy cutoff for CSE in 2026 was rank 4,015 at Home State and rank 1,373 at Other State. CSE has 119 seats: 60 Home State and 59 Other State. Only 19 Home State and 18 Other State seats are Open and gender-neutral. That small pool is one reason CSE closes first.
The CSE gap between the two quotas is the widest in the college. The Home State rank is 2.92 times the Other State rank. For Production, the gap is only 1.22 times, so quota matters little for Production.
Yes, a rank of 5,000 can get you NIT Trichy, but not CSE. At Home State, 5,000 is inside the 2026 ECE cutoff of 5,142, and every branch below ECE closed looser. At Other State, 5,000 is inside EEE at 5,432 and all branches below it. CSE closed at 4,015 and 1,373, so rank 5,000 misses it in both quotas.
Treat this as a guide. The NIT Trichy cutoff changes each year and each round.
NIT Trichy fills each quota in two pools, and the NIT Trichy cutoff differs for each pool. They are gender-neutral seats and female-only seats. Of 1,038 seats in JoSAA 2026, 211 were female-only. That is 20.3 percent. JoSAA creates them to lift female enrolment, under its .
The table gives the NIT Trichy cutoff for girls on Open female-only seats in round 5.
| Branch (NIT Trichy cutoff for girls) | Home State, opening to closing | Other State, opening to closing |
|---|---|---|
| CSE | 2,602 to 5,732 | 909 to 3,545 |
| ECE | 6,477 to 10,686 | 4,027 to 5,369 |
| EEE | 11,571 to 15,162 | 8,259 to 10,264 |
| ICE | 15,282 to 18,353 | 12,312 to 14,958 |
| Mechanical | 18,577 to 20,175 | 9,196 to 16,024 |
| Chemical | 19,853 to 24,201 | 20,124 to 23,005 |
| Production | 24,624 to 28,864 | 24,217 to 29,453 |
| MME | 25,015 to 32,958 | 25,766 to 27,661 |
| Civil | 26,749 to 38,684 | 22,047 to 28,644 |
| Architecture | 245 to 255 | 4 to 4 |
Yes, girls see a looser NIT Trichy cutoff on female-only seats. The closing rank is a bigger number, so a weaker rank can still get in. For CSE, the Home State cutoff was 5,732 for female-only seats. For gender-neutral seats it was 4,015. At Other State the gap was larger: 3,545 against 1,373.
Female candidates can also compete for gender-neutral seats. Women fill female-only seats on the same rank list, so the extra seats widen the choice. They do not need a separate rank.
Architecture Has One Female-Only Allotment at Other State
The Other State female-only B.Arch cutoff shows 4 as both the opening and closing rank. One candidate got that seat. Do not read a trend from a single allotment.
Each reserved category has its own rank list, so the NIT Trichy category wise cutoff differs by category. The ranks below are category ranks, not All India Ranks. The values read EWS, then OBC-NCL, then SC, then ST. They are closing ranks for gender-neutral seats in round 5 of 2026.
| Branch (NIT Trichy cutoff by category) | Home State: EWS / OBC-NCL / SC / ST | Other State: EWS / OBC-NCL / SC / ST |
|---|---|---|
| CSE | 2,470 / 1,262 / 737 / 500 | 287 / 459 / 154 / 95 |
| ECE | 5,997 / 1,602 / 1,117 / 1,006 | 503 / 1,094 / 550 / 208 |
| EEE | 8,150 / 2,233 / 1,842 / 2,224 | 953 / 2,402 / 957 / 458 |
| Mechanical | 16,456 / 4,389 / 2,147 / 3,251 | 1,588 / 3,769 / 1,573 / 595 |
| Civil | 32,086 / 9,793 / 3,873 / 4,969 | 3,171 / 6,756 / 2,631 / 706 |
No, a category rank and an Open rank sit on different lists, so the two NIT Trichy cutoff figures differ. An OBC-NCL rank of 1,262 for CSE at Home State is not the same as an Open rank of 1,262. Use your category rank for category seats. Use your Common Rank List rank for Open seats. A candidate with a category rank may compete on both lists.
The NIT Trichy cutoff for OBC-NCL in CSE was 1,262 at Home State and 459 at Other State in 2026. For Mechanical it was 4,389 and 3,769. These are OBC-NCL category ranks.
The NIT Trichy cutoff for SC in CSE was 737 at Home State and 154 at Other State. For ST it was 500 and 95. These are category ranks from round 5 of 2026.
The NIT Trichy cutoff for EWS in CSE was 2,470 at Home State and 287 at Other State. General here means Open, which closed at 4,015 and 1,373 for CSE.
NIT Trichy admits MCA students through NIMCET, not JoSAA. NIT Trichy's pages do not publish a NIMCET closing rank, so this page gives no MCA cutoff.
NIT Trichy publishes no expected cutoff, and neither does JoSAA. Any NIT Trichy expected cutoff is an estimate by a third party. The better guide is the trend of the last four years, read for the same round each time. The table gives the NIT Trichy previous year cutoff for the last JoSAA round of each year, Open, gender-neutral seats.
| Branch (NIT Trichy cutoff trend) | Home State: 2023 / 2024 / 2025 / 2026 | Other State: 2023 / 2024 / 2025 / 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| CSE | 5,164 / 5,066 / 4,569 / 4,015 | 1,509 / 1,224 / 1,449 / 1,373 |
| ECE | 7,153 / 7,036 / 7,076 / 5,142 | 4,642 / 3,546 / 3,283 / 3,285 |
| EEE | 9,902 / 9,828 / 9,411 / 7,904 | 6,726 / 6,040 / 5,637 / 5,432 |
| Mechanical | 16,238 / 16,002 / 14,978 / 14,015 | 10,751 / 9,305 / 8,339 / 8,754 |
| ICE | 15,486 / 14,697 / 13,501 / 12,200 | 14,240 / 11,001 / 11,047 / 9,550 |
| Chemical | 20,670 / 20,789 / 20,393 / 18,241 | 15,816 / 13,950 / 11,935 / 13,406 |
| Production | 26,853 / 24,973 / 24,160 / 22,363 | 25,958 / 24,286 / 20,879 / 18,366 |
| MME | 32,122 / 30,319 / 27,118 / 26,564 | 24,678 / 22,521 / 21,243 / 19,641 |
| Civil | 33,703 / 36,104 / 31,593 / 29,391 | 20,873 / 18,965 / 17,304 / 20,111 |
| Architecture | 367 / 486 / 470 / 487 | 260 / 404 / 227 / 235 |
Source: JoSAA opening and closing rank archive. The rounds are 2023 round 6, 2024 round 5, 2025 round 6 and 2026 round 5.
The NIT Trichy previous year cutoff for CSE was rank 4,569 at Home State and rank 1,449 at Other State. That is JoSAA 2025, round 6, Open, gender-neutral. In 2026 the NIT Trichy cutoff tightened at Home State in all nine B.Tech branches. CSE tightened by 554 ranks, and Civil by 2,202.
At Other State the picture split. Five B.Tech branches closed tighter. Four loosened: ECE by 2 ranks, then Mechanical, Chemical and Civil.
NIT Trichy's Own 2025 Rank File Includes CSAB
The rank file on the NIT Trichy site combines JoSAA and CSAB rounds, so its ranks run wider. For CSE it shows 4,624 and 1,605. This page uses JoSAA only, so that 2025 and 2026 compare like for like.
The file is here: .
Build the range from four years of NIT Trichy cutoff data for your own branch, quota and category. Follow these steps:
The NIT Trichy cutoff tightened in most branches over four years. CSE at Home State fell by 1,149 ranks, or 22.3 percent, between 2023 and 2026. A rank near the safe line today may sit past the line next year.
Five factors move the NIT Trichy cutoff: seats, quota, round, gender pool and category. None of them is a decision by the institute alone. Each one changes the cutoff rank for a branch.
🪑StrongestSeats in the PoolCSE has 119 seats and Chemical has 79. A small Open pool closes at a sharper rank.🗺️QuotaHome State or Other StateHome State has 520 seats and Other State has 518. The ratio of the two cutoffs runs from 1.22 in Production to 2.92 in CSE.🔁RoundThe RoundCutoffs loosen as rounds pass. Civil moved by 3,911 ranks at Home State from round 1 to round 5.👩🎓Gender PoolFemale-Only Seats211 of 1,038 seats are female-only. Their cutoff is looser than the gender-neutral cutoff in every branch.📋CategoryCategoryEWS, OBC-NCL, SC and ST each close on their own rank list. The same branch shows five or more cutoffs.NIT Trichy has 1,038 seats in JoSAA 2026: 981 in B.Tech and 57 in B.Arch. The seat matrix splits almost every branch evenly between the two quotas.
| Branch (JoSAA 2026) | Home State seats | Other State seats |
|---|---|---|
| CSE | 60 | 59 |
| Civil | 59 | 59 |
| Mechanical | 59 | 59 |
| Production | 59 | 59 |
| ECE | 58 | 59 |
| ICE | 58 | 59 |
| EEE | 58 | 58 |
| Chemical | 40 | 39 |
| MME | 40 | 39 |
| Architecture | 29 | 28 |
Source: JoSAA seat matrix, 2026. Counts include female-only seats. CSE is 12.1 percent of all B.Tech seats.
Yes, the NIT Trichy cutoff changes every year, and the change is not always in one direction. Home State cutoffs tightened for all nine B.Tech branches in 2026. Other State cutoffs loosened in four of them. JoSAA gives no reason for either move. Read the four-year NIT Trichy cutoff trend and not one year alone.
Unless stated, this page covers JoSAA rounds. Seats left over go to the CSAB special rounds, which CSAB runs. Their NIT Trichy ranks are in the section on the CSAB special rounds 2026.
The NIT Trichy cutoff only decides the seat. Check the NIT Trichy fees before you accept it. The NIT Trichy courses page lists each branch. The NIT Trichy placement page shows what each branch earns. The NIT Trichy admission page covers reporting and documents, and the NIT Trichy ranking page covers NIRF.
Answers to what readers ask most often.
The NIT Trichy cutoff for CSE in JoSAA 2026 was rank 4,015 at Home State and 1,373 at Other State. These are Open, gender-neutral closing ranks from round 5. Data Sources: JoSAA opening and closing rank archive, 2026.
Yes. The NIT Trichy cutoff is looser at Home State than at Other State in all nine B.Tech branches. The Home State rank is 1.22 times the Other State rank in Production and 2.92 times in CSE. Data Sources: JoSAA opening and closing rank archive, 2026.
Read the last round, which was round 5 in 2026 and round 6 in 2025. Early rounds close tighter. The NIT Trichy cutoff for Civil at Home State moved from 25,480 in round 1 to 29,391 in round 5. Data Sources: JoSAA opening and closing rank archive, 2025 and 2026.
B.Arch uses the JEE Main Paper 2 rank. B.Arch closed at 487 for Home State and 235 for Other State in round 5 of 2026. NIT Trichy has 57 B.Arch seats. Data Sources: JoSAA opening and closing rank archive and seat matrix, 2026.
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